Kotorr, Kosovo
Kotorr
Kotorr Kosovë | |
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  Kotorr Location in Kosovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°48′04″N 20°44′35″E / 42.80111°N 20.74306°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Mitrovicë |
| Municipality | Skënderaj |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 119 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Kotorr (in Albanian) is a village in Kosovo located in the town-municipality of Skenderaj and in the District of Mitrovica. According to the 2024 census, it had 119 inhabitants, all of whom were Albanian.[1]
Geography
[edit]The village is located on the north side of the Peja-Mitrovica road, some 8 kilometres north-west of Skenderaj.[2]
History
[edit]The village has been inhabited since late antiquity. In the south western part of the village the archeological locality of Kotorr Fortress (Albanian Gradina e Kotorrit) is situated, which based on the archeological findings, it goes back to 4th-5th century AD.[3]
Kotorr was mentioned in the 1455 Ottoman defter (tax registry) of the conquered lands of Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu.[2] The village had an old church, of which only micro-toponyms exist today: "Church" ( Kisha), and "Church Valley" (Lugu i Kishës).[2][4]
After the Kosovo War, during the presence of the NATO-led peacekeeping Kosovo Force, two houses belonging to Serbs were burnt down and one house was illegally occupied.[5]
Demographics
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "Popullsia sipas gjinisë, etnicitetit dhe vendbanimit" [Population by gender, ethnicity, and place of residence] (PDF) (in Albanian). Prishtinë: Kosovo Agency of Statistics. July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 Алексей Лидов (2007). Косово: Ортходокс херитаже анд контемпорары катастрофе. Индрик. p. 289. ISBN 9785857593943.
- ↑ Hoxhaj, Vesel (2013). HARTA ARKEOLOGJIKE E KOSOVES II (2 ed.). Prishtinë: Instituti Arkeologjik i Kosovës. pp. 108/109. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ↑ Gojko Subotić (1997). Terra Sacra: L'Arte Del Cossovo. Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60198-7.
- ↑ Zoran Andjelković; Center for Peace and Tolerance (2000). Days of terror: in the presence of the international forces. Center for peace and tolerance. pp. 105, 154.
Kotore, Srbica
- ↑ "Evolution of the population 1948-2011". pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-census-ks.htm. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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